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by chuckcode 3y ago
Would like to see the latency and cost of parsing entire 10M context before throwing out the RAG stack which is relatively cheap and fast.
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by chuckcode 3y ago
Thanks for the very helpful and detailed reply!
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by chuckcode 3y ago
Thanks for details! Few follow up questions: - I've seen neural nets using int8 for matrix multiplication to reduce memory size [1]. Do you think something similar could be useful in the ANN space? - Do you know of any studies using F
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by chuckcode 4y ago
Definitely not unusual. I think it is pretty common for executive team in addition to founders. My feeling is that VCs and founders need to find a way to partially cash out rank and file employees along the way if they want start up model t
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by chuckcode 4y ago
I agree, but as aleksiy123 suggests there is an additional complexity burden and it is a long journey to teach users to make use of a new technology. I think a lot of "advanced" features get de-prioritized as not many people use t
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by chuckcode 4y ago
Do you think part of this is that Netflix has assumed zero effort from user model? My experience has been that Netflix does an ok job of recommendations, but fails at overall discovery experience. There is no way for me to drive or view con
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by chuckcode 5y ago
I'd argue that git is a distributed blockchain that has been pretty impactful, it just doesn't use proof of work for validation. If it needs to be a company Ripple uses blockchain to help companies move currency safely around the
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by chuckcode 5y ago
Author is making an argument against any blockchain or distributed ledger. To quote from article. "Any application that could be done on a blockchain could be better done on a centralized database. Except crime." I'd like to
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by chuckcode 5y ago
I'm a little surprised that the author is missing the critical innovation of crypto which is digital trust and observability. Sure it is easy to make an argument that one cryptocurrency or another is a bubble, but don't underestim
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by chuckcode 5y ago
Thanks for this comment, sums up exactly my experience with python. Do you have a pointer to a larger write up of these issues? I really enjoy python, but agree with you that it isn't well suited for performance or scale necessarily. I
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by chuckcode 5y ago
Great point. I'm not one to over optimize, but seems like parsing messages for internet sized apps is worth spending a little effort to save energy and environment.
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by chuckcode 5y ago
Don't get distracted by the click bait title. Effect size should be captured by statistical significance (larger effects are less likely to happen by chance). Author is really complaining that the original study didn't report enou
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by chuckcode 5y ago
I see a lot of suspicion in thread below, which I very much understand. I'd like to take a minute though to express my frustration with the banks that refuse to supply any sort of limited APIs. How is it 2021 and I still can't giv
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by chuckcode 5y ago
+1 to the reality that most productivity tips come off as hopelessly naive to the reality of life with kids, sick parents/spouses, customer demands, etc. Few things that have helped me: - Have something like google calendar that remind
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by chuckcode 6y ago
Erik Bernhardsson who was one of original author on Annoy has a pretty developed test suite https://github.com/erikbern/ann-benchmarks .
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by chuckcode 6y ago
Thanks for data point. How is it interacting with the self-driving cars? I'm concerned that a lot of thought has gone into experience for the passenger of self driving car, but much less for the rest of general public. Feels like they
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by chuckcode 6y ago
Agree that relative to the cost in lives and global GDP leaders have drastically under invested in production and distribution of vaccines. Arguments about what ethical and incentive policies should be will continue forever. Certainly thoug
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by chuckcode 6y ago
Your next push is only as good as your last recovery. I'm surprised how often people focus on the work and neglect the recovery phase like nutrition, sleep, etc.
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by chuckcode 6y ago
Go and talk with the people who wrote it. Often times there are a just a handful of people that wrote a lot of the core functionality, they often aren't the most social. Talk to them when you are in the planning phase of implementing s
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by chuckcode 6y ago
Please write a collaborative doc instead of an email if you have that much detail. Having an effective discussion over email is actively painful and worse yet no one can refer back to your detailed documentation later. Good on you for commu
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by chuckcode 6y ago
Agree. Always seems odd that organizations say they want people to be productive and then pepper them with email, messages, and meetings. Some of the better teams I've been on developed unwritten rules about when/how to communicat
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by chuckcode 6y ago
Some matrix math libraries like Eigen[1] support vectorization via SSE, AVX, NEON, etc. and also use cache friendly algorithms for larger matrices. Highly recommended when you don't need to go quite as low level as individual instructi
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by chuckcode 6y ago
I like the concept. Yet it feels like an echo chamber when the YC saas review company only reviews other YC based web analytics products after leading off with talk from YC parter about how everyone is doing it wrong... Do you think your au
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by chuckcode 7y ago
As convenient as it would be to have a single scapegoat to hang the problems on like the dreaded "tech industry" my experience is that housing shortages in Santa Cruz is a complex multi factor problem. Some example contributing fa
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by chuckcode 7y ago
Thanks. Comments like this that go into the technical details, the history of the details and the people behind the technology are one of the main reasons I frequent hacker news.
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by chuckcode 7y ago
Before diving into ways that SQL could improve I'd like to give some thanks to a real workhorse that has proved useful over decades, which is an incredibly long time in tech. Could it be better? Sure, but author's proposal doesn&#
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by chuckcode 8y ago
same. downdetector reporting 1200 plus reports of facebook down https://downdetector.com/status/facebook
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by chuckcode 8y ago
+1 nice having your own domain so you can port to different providers. Used fastmail for a few years and it is fine although their android app isn't great and hangs a fair bit needing to be restarted.
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by chuckcode 8y ago
Almost certainly not for local code. My experience is that building codes make the IRS tax codes look clear and concise. Often multiple conflicting rules apply and you're trying to hammer out some reasonable common sense with 2-3 diffe
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by chuckcode 8y ago
I'd like to see Netflix invest more in making a great browsing discovery experience. I feel like their UI is really optimized to the watch something quick metric now. It seems like search is pretty well implemented these days and both

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